New Mexico § 16-1-3 - Administration; state-federal-local cost sharing formula; limitations
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 16-1-3 — Administration; state-federal-local cost sharing formula; limitations, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16-1-3. Administration; state-federal-local cost sharing formula; limitations
A. The energy, minerals and natural resources department shall administer the state
supplemental land and water conservation fund and shall process all applications for
grants from the state supplemental land and water conservation fund. Funds from the state supplemental land and water conservation fund shall be made
available only upon the condition that the proceeds are matched by federal funds and
other funds on the following basis: at least fifty percent federal funds, not more
than twenty-five percent state funds and the remainder by funds of political subdivisions. B. Incorporated municipalities with a population of less than fifteen thousand persons
according to the latest federal decennial census or counties sponsoring projects of
unincorporated communities, including but not limited to Indian communities, shall
be entitled to receive funds from the state supplemental land and water conservation
fund as prescribed and approved by the recreation priorities committee. Projects proposed must be in accordance with provisions of the Land and Water Conservation
Fund Act of 1965, 1 U.S.C. Section 460 , and the regulations contained in the United States department of the interior, bureau
of outdoor recreation and grants-in-aid manual. Funds shall be made available from the state supplemental land and water conservation
fund only in the event that the United States department of the interior provides
fifty percent of the project cost. State funds shall be made available for expenditure by the applicant political subdivision
once the project is approved by the United States department of the interior and the
applicant demonstrates the availability and source of funds required for its share
in the total project cost. 1
16 U.S.C.A. 4601-4 et seq.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 16-1-3 ("Administration; state-federal-local cost sharing formula; limitations") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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